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This group is a place that provides opportunities for people of all faiths, spiritual leanings and non-belief to discuss religious topics and events in a positive and civil manner, with an emphasis on tolerance. Criticisms of individual beliefs or non-belief, or debates about the existence of higher power(s) are are allowed, but must be identified as such in the title. JPR rules still apply for this group.

I’ve known some good Christians, some good Muslims, and lots of good Jews and Buddhists and even a few good Hindus, but I still hate religions – all of them. Religion makes good people do bad things to honor a being that doesn’t exist.

I think the explanation for her belief sounds better when expressed in science fiction terms. Think infinite parallel universes all moving to the future and the human mind can sometimes cause an intersection between them. The trick, I suppose, is being to accept that sometimes the universe is…[Read more]

My experiences were tame compared to yours. I dabbled, really. Read a lot of books – and occasionally tried different chants or meditations. I was so overwhelmingly depressed as a younger man that I was desperate for some kind of meaning.

I was 20 or 21 when I met a fellow who became, for a time, a sort of “spiritual mentor”. I had run int…[Read more]

@thouartthat Zen is better, IMHO. At least, it has been better for me. It’s definitely helped me from the Navy on, from time to time. Mainly, it always helps me focus on the critically important thing to do in the immediate future, or it shows me that doing nothing for now is the best choice.

I have a New Age story. I was involved with a “mind expansion” (for lack of a better word) group. We did an exercise to be the magnet of the universe and attract whatever we wanted. I decided to generalize rather than be specific. I asked for a knight with shining armor.

Two weeks later, as I worked the northern Renaissance Faire, I met a man…[Read more]

I promised @davidthegnome I’d write something about my experience with the New Age movement and why I now think it’s nonsense, so here it is. Please note that I am putting this in the Atheist/Humanist/Non-Religious forum for a reason, as opposed to putting it in Alternative Spirituality or General Discussion or something. It is not my intention to…[Read more]